Neptunia Victory DLC Makes Compa Playable, Adds True Ending Epilogue

Compile Heart, of course, has a bunch of downloadable content planned for Hyperdimension Netpunia Victory. The first batch is slated for release on October 11 and Dengeki PlayStation reports there is an event that continues the game from the "True Ending." This quest is recommended for players above level 200.

Compa who appears as a baby in Hyperdimension Neptunia V can join the party via downloadable content. The magazine says this is First Generation Compa-chan, so she might be a little different from the Compa we know. Compile Heart also has school uniform DLC costumes planned.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory is slated for release in spring 2013 in North America and Europe.

Wait, the ending is DLC? Seriously? Any word on whether it’s free? If it isn’t that’s probably the most skeevy of underhanded things I can imagine doing with downloadable content.

s07195

Not ending, it’s an extra event.

WyattEpp

When it’s called “the True Ending”, it’s rather difficult to draw any other conclusion, but that’s petty semantics. More importantly, I don’t see any way this has non-ugly implications. For the last 25+ years, it was taken as given that a player who faithfully forks over their 7300 Yen should at least expect they have the “True Ending” as part of the retail package. DLC has, it seems, changed this. You’re free to call it “optional”, but that doesn’t change the nature of the double indignity imparted on the player: 1) They must manually seek it out (possibly involving a cession of private data to register with the relevant gatekeeper), and 2) cannot expect any sort of equivalent indemnity in the event the download service is discontinued. Moreover, it may not be free, which opens a whole new can of otaku-exploitation worms. Like I said, this is skeevy.

Fire.fire.kun

The word you are ignoring is “epilogue.”

WyattEpp

Because it’s a superfluous word. Calling it an “epilogue” doesn’t change its fundamental nature. (In fact, in literary canon, calling it that would generally create the expectation that it’s more substantial, not less.) But again, that’s just words to paper over the real problem; e.g. the psychology they’re exploiting here.

Supposedly it’s free, and comes with an extra character— if you don’t like that, get over it. Plus the ending was open ended, so a continuation of SOME SORT was highly likely.

Muffum

MizuMikomi, who’s saying that it’s free and comes with an extra character? I’m not going to believe something like that without hard proof, considering how ridiculous Compile Heart generally is with its DLC.

You’re also saying “if you don’t like that, get over it,” which is essentially saying, “Well if you don’t like it, don’t read/play/watch/buy it!” That’s not defending the company’s practices at all; that’s just telling anyone who disagrees to not voice their opinion. So, no criticism allowed, and Compile Heart is free to continue doing this kind of thing?

And the part of this being okay because the ending was open ended: Asura’s Wrath’s ending was extremely open ended, Capcom released true ending DLC, and people got mad. Are people not supposed to get mad at Compile Heart for doing the exact same thing in this scenario?

Arrei

Are you serious?

How is the word “epilogue” superfluous?

Read the article.

The true ending is ALREADY IN THE GAME. The epilogue is a short story taking place AFTER the true end. That’s what “epilogue” means…

WyattEpp

Arrei, the epilogue of a work is the ending. This isn’t something you can change by rationalising. Try cutting out the final chapter of pretty much every book you’ve ever read. Or the final scene of every film you’ve ever watched. Is that in some way unclear?

But again (and this is the actual important point): What’s really not clear is why people are defending this. “There’s a true ending that you have, but there’s more after that that’s also the true ending, but you don’t get that even though you bought the game. In fact, we hadn’t even made it yet, so you couldn’t have known what you were getting into in advance.” Does that really not sound absurd? How is this not offensive to our collective sensibilities as discerning consumers? Is it because it may not have a monetary cost? Is it just a fandom thing?

WyattEpp, Incorrect theres an established ending seen as the true end the DLC is kinda what happened after which is completely optional(It’s just some Fanservicey thing you can do without, In other words It’s nothing like taking out the Final chapter of a book which purpose is to wrap up the story as a True ending) So no your examples are completely off.

Arrei

Your stance appears to be based on the idea that having an epilogue means the “end” that came before the epilogue wasn’t really the ending, and the epilogue is there to “really end” the story.

That may be the case for a story that has an epilogue planned the entire time. The main problem is taken care of in the “end” chapter and the epilogue wraps up what they do after. In this situation, where the so-called “epilogue” is actually the ending, you’d be right. It’d be like if you defeated the final boss, the characters are happy, and the game ends right there without showing the victory celebration and other stuff that typically follows defeating the big bad.

But the difference here is, this is not that situation, and not that kind of epilogue. It may use the same term, being a story that takes place after the main conflict is resolved, but the content from the first type of “epilogue”, wrapping up the story after defeating the big bad and saving the day, is already rolled into the “ending”. This means this epilogue is an entirely extra story, an addendum to the story that was already ended. They are both considered epilogues, but they are quite different in contents.

9thsage

I thought the same as you at first, then I re-read it. It’s some kind of event that continues the story past the “True Ending”.

SirTeffy

“…That continues the story past ‘The True Ending’…”
…Nope, just a playable Epilogue, much like the Lunar games.

malek86

I thought they were only gonna have extra events and dungeons as DLC, not story parts. Uhm. Oh well, I guess they noticed they can get away with it.

LustEnvy

I don’t like where this is headed. ME3 and FFXIII-2 have started a trend…

Luna Kazemaru

its not an ending its after the ending the true ending is already in the game since I already got the plat for the game.

They’ve just had DLC to continue the game now. It’s kinda like an expansion.

Muffum

Yeah, I’m just gonna leave this here.

Luna Kazemaru

The point of this seeing how that really doesn’t apply.

Muffum

The game has planned story DLC, how does it not apply?

Luna Kazemaru

Ok story dlc that in no way will effect’s the true ending. What is the problem here?

Muffum

How does it not affect it? It expands upon it, meaning that anyone who doesn’t get it will be missing information of the ending. By that same logic, you could argue that there’s nothing wrong with the ending DLC for Asura’s Wrath because it does the exact same thing.

Luna Kazemaru

Please do not come at me with that I already beat the game at 100% they aren’t going to miss anything most likely. Asura’s wrath and this game aren’t the same thing seeing as they CUT the ending.

Knowing the game it will be just more fanservice.

Edit: also there is a differences between asura’s wrath NepV is the cut the ending midway so no its not the same thing.

People keep saying that it’ll probably be free or will definitely be free without backing that up at all. What source is saying this?

And it’d be better if developers didn’t do so, because what about those people who don’t have their PS3 connected to the internet or otherwise can’t connect? Even ignoring that, there’s the issue of making consumers wait for content that could have been available at launch.

Then it sucks for those people who don’t have internet? It was deemed optional because it is after the game ends.

Famitsu, most likely.

Muffum

We’re obviously not going to agree on this, so I’m just going to end on this: how do they benefit by excluding those people? What point is there to that, other than potentially alienating consumers?

And if you don’t even know the source saying that it’s free, why are you touting it as fact? I’d rather believe Compile Heart’s previous company policy than some source nobody’s willing to actually link to.

It’s clearly not a major issue for them. It’s a general minority considering how they continue. It’s a small medium to them. I’m not saying I think it is- but why else would they continue with it?

Since this came out a night after Famitsu- I’m assuming that’s where this came from and that’s why people are saying it.

To add to it, I’m not disagreeing with you. I understand as in many cases- this is wrong. But I feel the content that compile heart releases regarding the Neptunia series is pretty small in content and it’s priced fairly- but dungeons are free if I remember so that backs it up, I think. If I’m wrong on it being free- then so be it. I just think It isn’t as harmful. Specifically this.

i paid for some FF13-2 dlc and i never got my true ending whts your secret?!?! lolol

Barrit

I thought that was Asura’s Wrath?

果林

lol well least this lets me play some more after plat, and people need to read carefully it says TRUE ENDING EPILOGUE

AndyFe

I don’t know how I feel about this because Compa should of just been playable from the get go, I know she has a different role in this game but still having to potentially pay for a character that has been a regular in the series doesn’t sit right for me. I get the feeling they are going to do that with other characters

Luna Kazemaru

she was a baby in the game >.> and you 9 playable characters in the game so yeah this dlc is fine.

AndyFe

Yea I know but I thought I read that she grew up as you played, I figured that she would be playable eventually, I could be wrong.

9 playable characters is enough yes but the last game had 13 without DLC

Luna Kazemaru

they grew up but I don’t want to throw spoilers out unless you played the game.

AndyFe

ahh I see, thanks for the no spoilers. I have tried to read as little as possible in terms of story.

LETS PRAY FOR LOCALIZATION

This kind of DLC i do not like…. but by the time it releases i will be done with the game and will probably not bother.

The only reason I’m suspicious is that ever since DLC’s come into play, NIS has added epilog chapters to titles like Disgaea, who stories tend more towards slice of life rather than end of/save world. And they’re involved with this.

Granted, end of/save world tends to be involved in a plot, but such is usually a light hearted foot note to a main theme, which is character development.

Arrei

Before the advent of DLC, NIS did the same by releasing updated rereleases of the games with extra story modes and chapters. They’ve always been extra content, but the difference is now you don’t need to buy a game you already own another time just to see the new stuff.

Really can’t wait for this game to come out. School uniform costumes huh? Surprised they didn’t have them already but I don’t mind as long as they all look different and or not the sailor type uniforms. They can call me when they get bunnygirl costumes and then i’ll buy all the DLC for this.

Arrei

So many people aren’t reading the article correctly…

Please, before you comment, the true end is not the DLC, the true end is already in the game, and the DLC is going to take place after that ending.

IshimaruKaito

im glad u said something!!!

IshimaruKaito

COMPA!! *sigh* my life is COMPLETE!!!

Herok♞

I am ok with DLC that expands a game, like this because it would be nice to see what happens after a ending of a game, a good example of this is FF13-2 because all the Lighting dlc did was show us light’s point of view of the last events while leaving the ending in the game for everyone to see.

For starters, people, it’s an Epilogue. V has three endings, the best of which being the True ending— this DLC is NOT for the true ending, it is an event continuation based after it.

It’s also not kid Compa, It’s Complie, you know the yellowed haired girl with the bunny ears from Mk2’s Graveyard? That’s what 1st Generation Compa is. Kid IF and Compa were confirmed as separate DLC via famitsu a few weeks ago, this current reveal is just “Compile”.

I’d post up the scan, but I know how much people are against that here. =/

Luna Kazemaru

when were we against scans?

AnimeRemix

I never thought anyone here were against scans… I usually post them often whenever I find them… Just like this scan of Complie.